January 23, 2013 Agenda

8:30
Welcome - Sharing
9:15
Achieving the Core

Math Tools to Support the Common Core
9:45
Spreadsheets
10:15
Flipping the Classroom
10:35
Independent or Group Work Time
11:30
Wrap up
Prep: Set up 5 document cameras

Common Core and Mathematics:
Common Core Standards for Math
Mathematical Practices at Inside Mathematics Read descriptors of the Mathematical Practices from the CCSS and watch lessons implementing these practices.
Inside Mathematics - Tools for teachers implementing CCSS
Teaching Channel - Over 160 videos about the common core Hear the experts who developed the Common Core Math Standards explain them.
Hunt Institute YouTube Channel - Videos from the professionals who wrote the CCSS for math Listen to how and why the standards were written. Hear an explanation of how the new standards should be interpreted.
Middle Level - Mathematics Routine Bank - San Diego Schools
The Math Forum@Drexel University: Math Resource by Subject - Visit this well organized site to find lesson plans, web based materials, challenges, puzzles and other resources all organized by math topics.

CCSS Friendly Technology Tool for Math - Infographics
Piktochart is a data visualization tool. Its specific purpose is to help the user create an infographic. An infographic is a graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge designed to present complex information clearly. It’s vital for students to be able to think critically about data and draw conclusions. Using infographics students must analyze and interpret data to create content for their infographic. Then they must defend their conclusions about that data with facts.
Examples of Infographics: 10 Conversation Starting Math and Education Infographics | Math Awareness Month
Infographics for Mathematics
5 Steps to Creating an Infographic

Flipped Classroom:
Successes, challenges, strategies, and how to structure this learning approach.

Resources for (Math) Video in the Classroom:
EduVision Flipped Learning Network - Videos created by other Flipped teachers
TedEd: Ted videos for education(Lessons worth Sharing) - high-quality videos on different subjects (including Math in the Real World); you can use the TedEd video lessons in your flipped classroom and create lesson like I did using their resources (you can adapt to fit your needs, including embedding "quiz" questions; see my example here.
YouTube Teachers - videos created by teachers or for teachers; check out the playlists, for example Pythagorean Theorem playlist
YouTube EDU- YouTube EDU brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom. On YouTube EDU, you have access to a broad set of educational videos that range from academic lectures to inspirational speeches and everything in between.
TeacherTube
SAS Curriculum Pathways - math videos - requires a free account
iTunes - podcasts, iTunes U
Sophia website - Teacher-created videos you can use; or upload your own
Explania.com - animated video collection
MathPoweris4U - Math videos
WatchKnowLearn - free educational videos. The site is collaborative and allows you to build your own classroom for your content.
Hippo Campus - videos about Math, Science and Social Studies topics
Khan Academy at iTunes U:
  • Because the Khan Academy website links to YouTube, students cannot watch these videos in school - only at home.
  • Khan Academy videos are also available as podcasts in iTunesU. Students can watch the these videos at school and can download them onto their computers or mobile devices.


Places to Host your Video:
Sophia.org
YouTube
Screencast.com (up to 2G total) Click here for a video of how to use Screencast.com to upload your video
Vimeo (up to 500 MG per week) - you can create a channel; password-protect your video
Edmodo - downside: students must download to watch; students without an Internet connection at home can pre-load before leaving school
iTunes (podcasts)
TeacherTube - see my example here
Podbean (podcasts) - see my example here. Podbean offers only 50 MB with a free account


Technology Tools for Math
Website
Description
BBC's KS3 Bitesize Maths
Numbers, algebra, data, measures, & shapes - activities, videos, and tests
Math.com Online Calculators
Math calculators - basic, scientific, square root, quadratic equations
Online Scientific Calculator
Online scientific calculator and math help
Study Jams
Scholastic Study Jams - animated math videos, karaoke sing-alongs, and interactive tests
Math Pickle videos
Videos of curricular games, puzzles, and mini-competitions
That Quiz
Math quizzes adjustable by number of questions, difficulty, and feedback
Math in the News
Math in the News - powerpoints, lesson plans and activities using math in current news problems
IXL Math Activities/Practice
Math Drills: geometry, algebra, coordinate planes, ratios, & more
Math Tricks
A selection of math tricks & brain exercises
Teach Maths
Math challenges with videos and solutions
Rhyme & Learn math raps
Math rap videos (PEMDAS, Pi Don't Make me Cry, Integers, Yessur)
HenryAnker.com
Math quizzes/activities for 6-7 graders (fractions, operations, ordered pairs) by Mr. Anker
Math Chimp
Math videos, games, and worksheets with ratings (ratios, statistics, expressions, geometry) for the Common Core
Math 2.0 Tools for Math Educators
Web 2.0 tools for math educators
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
A collection of virtual manipulatives - select by grade level and math topic
Braining Camp MS Math Activities
Free math activities and games for middle school students
Absurd Math
interactive mathematical problem solving game series - involving number theory, fractions, geometry, algebra, percents, probability, integers



Spreadsheets, Data Collection, Graphing
Google Doc that we can use to do some curriculum mapping for spreadsheets in the 6th - 8th grades.